A Study of Physician Knowledge and Experience with Autism in Adults in a Large Integrated Healthcare System
Abstract
We conducted an online survey of adult health care providers at Kaiser Permanente Northern California and semi-structured interviews with a subset of physicians. The survey assessed providers' ability to recognize autism spectrum disorder (ASD), asked them to rate their autism knowledge, comfort level in treating affected patients, and evaluated training and resource needs. 922 providers completed the survey (response rate 25.3 %), and 9 were interviewed by telephone regarding their autism training and experiences caring for patients with autism. Most providers reported lacking skills and tools to care for this adult patient population. A high proportion of adult providers were not aware that they had patients with ASD. These findings underscore the need to educate physicians caring for adults with ASD.
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Autism knowledge and training is variable.
“Autism knowledge and training is variable (Zerbo et al, 2015; Unigwe et al, 2017).”
From Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings (2023) · cites this paper as Zerbo et al, 2015
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- Authors
- Zerbo, O., Massolo, M. L., Qian, Y., & Croen, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zerbo, Ousseny
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2015-09-03
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4002-4014
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W1258271155
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7
- FWCI
- 5.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Special Hope Fondation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, autistic adults, physician knowledge, provider awareness, health care provider education, integrated health system, Kaiser Permanente
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adult, California, Clinical Competence, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physicians, Surveys and Questionnaires
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